{"676152":{"#nid":"676152","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech Partners With UH BRAIN Center","body":[{"value":"\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe World Health Organization reports that millions of adults worldwide live with neurological disorders and brain or brain-related injuries. Globally, 5 million people are left permanently disabled each year after suffering a stroke or spinal cord injury, creating a critical need for advances in patient care and support. The IUCRC BRAIN Center (Industry-University Cooperative Research Center for Building Reliable Advances and Innovations in Neurotechnology) was formed in 2017 to address complex challenges and opportunities in the field of neurotechnology.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHoused at the University of Houston, the BRAIN Center is a collaborative and creative research effort to develop new neurotechnologies. It began as a partnership between the University of Houston and Arizona State University and is supported by the National Science Foundation. The partnership recently expanded to include the Georgia Institute of Technology and West Virginia University.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cGeorgia Tech is very excited to join the BRAIN IUCRC with other leading neuroengineering institutions, all passionate about bringing faculty and students together with industry to collaborate on cutting-edge neurotechnology development,\u201d said \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/bme.gatech.edu\/bme\/faculty\/Michelle-C.-LaPlaca\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMichelle C. LaPlaca\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, professor in the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering. LaPlaca\u0027s broad research interests are in neurotrauma, injury biomechanics, and neuroengineering as they relate to traumatic brain injury. \u201cThe Center partnerships are an excellent opportunity for small and large companies to invest in pre-translational research that both meets industry needs and harnesses academic expertise in order to ultimately improve patients\u2019 lives.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ERead more about the partnership and the BRAIN Center in the University of Houston\u0027s \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.uh.edu\/news-events\/stories\/2023\/august-2023\/08232023-brain-center-expands-two-universities.php\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003Epress release\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cimg src=\u0022https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/news-images\/MichelleLaPlaca.jpeg\u0022 alt=\u0022Michelle LaPlaca\u0022 width=\u0022500\u0022 height=\u0022500\u0022\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/bme.gatech.edu\/bme\/faculty\/Michelle-C.-LaPlaca\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMichelle C. LaPlaca\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, professor in the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGlobally, 5 million people are left permanently disabled each year after suffering a stroke or spinal cord injury, creating a critical need for advances in patient care and support. The IUCRC BRAIN Center (Industry-University Cooperative Research Center for Building Reliable Advances and Innovations in Neurotechnology) was formed in 2017 to address complex challenges and opportunities in the field of neurotechnology.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Globally, 5 million people are left permanently disabled each year after suffering a stroke or spinal cord injury, creating a critical need for advances in patient care and support. The IUCRC BRAIN Center (Industry-University Cooperative Research Center f"}],"uid":"36454","created_gmt":"2024-08-21 17:32:34","changed_gmt":"2024-08-21 17:33:10","author":"swilliamson40","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2023-08-25T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2023-08-25T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"674673":{"id":"674673","type":"image","title":"brain-center-and-pepe-newsroom.jpg","body":"\u003Cp\u003EThe\u0026nbsp;UH\u0026nbsp;Brain Center, supported by the U.S. National Science Foundation, allows research that would not be possible within the traditional silos of academic, industry, regulatory and clinical communities.\u0026nbsp;At right, center director Jose Luis Contreras-Vidal prepares to map brain activity during a creative task.\u003C\/p\u003E","created":"1724261559","gmt_created":"2024-08-21 17:32:39","changed":"1724261559","gmt_changed":"2024-08-21 17:32:39","alt":"Brain Center","file":{"fid":"258225","name":"brain-center-and-pepe-newsroom.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2024\/08\/21\/brain-center-and-pepe-newsroom.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2024\/08\/21\/brain-center-and-pepe-newsroom.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":56304,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2024\/08\/21\/brain-center-and-pepe-newsroom.jpg?itok=hdL_qjd6"}}},"media_ids":["674673"],"groups":[{"id":"1292","name":"Parker H. 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